Frankfurter and His Mommy

Gunner James

I am Angela Walters. Hello and welcome to my blog! I am a Christian, card making, wiener dog loving lady. I started this blog in 2009 to share the cards I have made and my wonderful wiener dog, Frankfurter, with all of you. Although my dear Frank passed away in May of 2017, this blog continues as a way to honor him and all of the joy he brought into the world!

In September of 2017, I adopted another wiener dog, Gunner James. Gunner is not a replacement for Frank because no one could ever replace my amazing Frankfurter. Instead, my heart simply grew as I fell in love with another sweet Dachshund. I am thankful and blessed to have another sweet boy to share with all of you, along with my cards, on this blog.

My life will always be better because of the time I spent with my wiener dog, Frankfurter Walters. I was blessed to be his Mommy from June 30, 2001 until he passed away on May 21, 20017. He will forever be loved and missed.

Thursday, May 14, 2015

Growing In Unity Day 4- Lizzie Girl Showered with Love

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Hello, Friends!

This week is flying by and it's already my fourth day as the Growing In Unity Gal! Please don't forget to leave a comment at the end of my blog because two random people are going to win grab bags from Unity with 25 stamps in them for FREE! Let's face it- there aren't many thing better than free stamps!

Today's card features the Unity Stamp Company stamp "Lizzie Girl Showered with Love." I admit that I made this card quite a while ago and it was for me as much as it will be for the person who receives it. Over two and a half years ago, I was getting ready to move from Arizona to Illinois and hurt my back. I thought I had just pulled muscles, but it just got worse and worse. I went to a chiropractor, to my family doctor and to a pain clinic. They did different procedures thinking each one would solve the problem, but none of them did. Finally, a test that was painful like you would not believe, showed that there was no disk between my bottom two vertebrae and there was just a small amount between the next two up. The fact that there was bone rubbing on bone explained why I was in so much pain. I needed back surgery but it took five months to get it done because I had to change surgeons. It took 25 months from when I hurt my back until I had surgery. Although everything is healing correctly which is wonderful, it will take months for me to recover from the surgery. During all of this time Frank and I have lived with my parents because I wasn't able to do anything for myself. What I did find while I was in pain and waiting for some cure, was that with my parents help of bringing things to the table for me, I could still stamp. That was about all I could do because I was in too much pain to leave the house. Stamping kept me sane. During the time I sat up and made a card, I could think about something else besides the pain I was in, that I didn't have a job, that I wasn't supporting myself-my parents were, that my parents should be vacationing in Florida during their retirement, not taking care of me. Stamping was something I could still do and it was fun.

So, I made this girl in the rain, because we all face rain in our lives at one time or another. It could be a back injury. It could be a broken heart. It could be a lot of different things. However, the rain doesn't have to be gray and dark and depressing all the time. For my back, I tried to keep my spirits up. Some days, I did much better than others. But on the day I made this card, I had to face the rain, but I was going to face it in a bright yellow raincoat with a spiffy umbrella and cute colorful matching boots!

On the inside, I used another Unity Stamp Set and put this message.

It may have taken a long time, and I may still have a long recovery ahead, but there are blue skies and sunny days in my future. Whatever rain clouds may come your way, there are blue skies and sunny days coming for you, too, which is why I created this card.

I stamped my image on the front in black and colored it with Copic markers. I added lace, patterned paper and a thin bright layer of card stock over the base. Inside I stamped my sentiment and cut it out with a circle die. I gave it a matching yellow scalloped background and this card was complete.

Don't forget to leave me a message so your day might get sunnier with 25 free stamps!

Happy Stamping!

I used the following products to make this card:

Lizzie Girl Showered with Love and Feel Better Soon (the April 2014 Sentiment kit) stamp sets by Unity Stamp Company

27 comments:

I wish you a speedy recovery! Back pain is no fun!! My son recently had to undergo a spinal fusion operation, and his recovery was slow and painful but there is a light at the end of the tunnel! {{HUGS}}Your card is beautiful!

What a sweet and pretty card....and lovely message of encouragement!!! I am so glad to have learned abt your blog through GIU!! I love your heartfelt and personal posts. I am a new subscriber by email!!<3 J

Such a pretty card; your coloring is fabulous. This is such a perfect sentiment for many cards.I sure hope your back recovers quickly! My mom had back surgery last year (she's 80!) & she did great - just took longer to heal than expected. Wishing you the best!

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I hope you are enjoying my cards and pictures. Please feel free to direct others to my blog to see my creations. If I have inspired you, please give me credit and do not post my creations as your own. If you do and I find out, Gunner will come to your house and bite you. :)